College Awards
College Awards for Comm Students & Faculty
Student Employee: Justin Swain (two majors, Journalism and Media Production) is receiving the Student Employee of the Year Award. Justin was nominated for his work in Campus Services.
Diversity: Two Communication Students and a faculty member have been named to receive awards for promoting diversity on campus. Marcus Scott (Journalism) and Lafayette Williams (Communication Studies) are receiving the Philip Santa Maria Award for Student Leadership in Equity and Campus Diversity. They are among only three students across campus receiving the award. Associate Professor Mike Niman is among five faculty members on campus to receive the 2008 award for Promotion of Respect for Diversity and Individual Differences. Both awards are sponsored by the President's Council on Equity and Campus Diversity.
Union Scholarship: Freshman Dale Brucz (Media Production) is one of two recipients of the Robert J. Elmes Jr. Memorial Scholarship to assist college employees who are members of the CSEA union. The scholarship was established by Robert Elmes, a retired Communication professor, and his wife Nancy in memory of their son, who was a CSEA member and a Buffalo State student.
EOP: Michael St. Rose (Communication Studies) is receiving the 2008 Theresa A. Shepard SEEK/EOP Advocacy Award, presented each year to an individual who has demonstrated support and commitment to EOP. Additionally, 20 Communication students are among the participants in the EOP Honors Convocation for having achieved a 3.0 GPA for both the Spring and Fall 2007 semesters. Those students include Medgina Fidelis, Laura Hoover, and Raisa Mendoza (Public Communication); Lavonne Barfield, Jennifer Boothe, Jonathan Korta, Olabusayo Soetan and Lafayette Williams (Communication Studies); David Donerlson, Fredia Hart, William Krow, Edgardo leon, Vidalina Rivera and Nickeisha Thomas (Media Production); and Ahlam Ahmed, Rhina Duquela, Michael Hefferon, Amanda O'Leary, Stephanie Pereira and Sharvonne Williams (Journalism).